Doug: What a fun night! Last Friday, 26 August 2016, my wife and I rushed home from school and finished packing, grabbed a snack, and made t...

Karen: Which 50s  rocker has proven to be the most influential? And why? (Don't feel limited to the candidates below.)

Doug: Back on January 31, I was charged with driving my sister the 50 miles or so up to Midway Airport so she could catch her flight ho...

Doug: Back in 2013 we ran a post about surprise back-up singers . Stevie Nicks, Mick Jagger, Phil Collins, James Taylor, and many others ...

Karen: The Rolling Stones have re-issued their classic 1971 album Sticky Fingers in 374 different versions to choose from -well, maybe not ...

And you'll never hear...surf music again....

Karen: Who is/was the best front man (or woman) in all of rock and roll? And what qualities set him/her above the rest? ...

Karen: While vacationing in the Bay Area last weekend, I picked up a used copy of Crossfire Hurricane on blu ray for cheap. I really enj...

Doug: Since most of us were in high school and/or college in the 1980s, I'm sure we can have discourse on favorite popular songs that...

Doug: How many of you watched "Name That Tune" from time-to-time in the Bronze Age? I don't know that I was a regular viewer...

Doug: Today's topic is to toss out your favorite musical groups that have siblings in the line-up.  Brothers, sisters, brothers and s...

Doug:  A few weeks ago I was engaged in a conversation on Twitter with one of our new commenters, Horace Austin.  We had begun talking about...

Doug:  Today's post-gluttony conversation is on back-up vocalists in popular music -- sometimes surprising us!  Think about it -- ther...

1973: 2013:

Doug:  The 36th anniversary of the passing of Elvis Presley was a week ago.  I don't know that we've ever discussed the King of R...